Archive: 2012

Forget Disneyland. Wherever Jens Lekman is playing is the happiest place on earth, even when he’s saying something incredibly sad. In fact, Jens Lekman has a knack for breaking bad in such a way that you forget how sad it truly is, and you quickly come around to accepting it all as part of the cycle of life. Add this skill to a crooner who wears his heart on the sleeve of his Swedish sweater and we have a hardcore non-apologetic romantic. A romantic with a clear Scandinavian pop sensibility that is particularly sweet and catchy.

Alabama Shakes will kick off a U.S. headline run on March 1, 2013with a show at the Knitting Factory in Boise, ID. Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Doores and Riley Downing will be the supporting artists on all tour dates. A ticket pre-sale begins tomorrow, December 4, at http://alabamashakes.frontgatetickets.com/. Tickets will go on sale to the general […]

Alt-J have announced their North American spring tour in support of their debut album, An Awesome Wave. After extremely successful fall and winter tours and the recent win of the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize Award, alt-j is thrilled to hit the road again in 2013 on their biggest U.S. tour yet. The band will tour all […]

Download the second track of our 2012 31 Days of Dead compilation.

Great news from Terrapin Crossroads as six upcoming shows will be webcast.

BIG GIGANTIC shows no signs of slowing down in 2013.  As the electronic duo wrap their current “Uprising Tour” this weekend with a sold-out show in Athens, GA, saxophonist/producer DOMINIC LALLI and drummer JEREMY SALKEN have just announced the dates for their 2013 headlining winter tour. The 24-date outing kicks off January 29 in Birmingham, […]

Mike Cooley’s debut solo album, The Fool On Every Corner, will be released on December 11, 2012.  The Fool on Every Corner was recorded by longtime Drive-By Truckers’ producer David Barbe during a three-show run last March, beginning with a two-night stand at no-frills Atlanta rock club The Earl and closing at The Melting Point […]

Metallica have announced that they have taken ownership of all their master recordings including all music and long form videos, a move almost unprecedented for musicians signed to recording contracts.  Under provision of their renegotiated joint venture agreement with the Warner Music Group in 1994, all masters revert back to the band as of November […]

Wrapping up a year of excitement and year round international touring for what is arguably her most pop-influenced album yet, Amanda Palmer & GTO will play a very special New Year’s show at Terminal 5. Openers Jherek Bischoff, Simple Pleasure + a super secret guest will perform before Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra […]

An uber-classy rendition of Bananas and Blow by Ween as performed on harps.